Medical care abroad

If you fall ill while abroad, there are some things that are useful to know. For example, whether your health insurance will cover your medical costs. Or what you should do if an epidemic breaks out.

Insured abroad

Seeing a doctor or going to hospital abroad often costs more than in the Netherlands. Your health insurer may not cover the extra costs. This may also be the case if you need an ambulance, or if you get prescription medicines from a pharmacy abroad.

If you want to make sure you are insured for extra costs abroad, you can take out travel insurance or additional health insurance. For more information on medical care abroad see Rijksoverheid.nl. This site is in Dutch.

Longer stays abroad

If you are going abroad to live or work, be aware that different rules apply.